Except in limited circumstances, children generally do not have a right to inherit anything (real property or personal property) from their parents. Laws do vary from state to state and in some states, for example, the head of a household may be prohibited from leaving the family homestead to anyone other than a surviving spouse or minor child if such person is alive.

And most states have laws that protect children (and sometimes grandchildren) against accidental inheritance in certain limited circumstances. These laws usually apply when a child is born after a parent’s will is executed, and because the will leaves property to the child’s siblings, it appears that the parent did not intend to disinherit the new child. In this circumstance the child who was not mentioned in the will may be eligible to inherit a portion of the estate like the child’s siblings. Such an omitted child is also known as a pretermitted child or a pretermitted heir.

In states with pretermitted child laws, the laws are usually located in the state’s statutes—often in the estates code or probate code.

In Nevada, children do not have an inherent right to inherit from their parents unless specified by a will or estate plan. However, Nevada law does include provisions for 'pretermitted heirs,' which are children born or adopted after a will is made and not mentioned in the will. Under Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS) 133.110, if a child is omitted from a will and it appears that the omission was unintentional, the child may be entitled to a share of the estate equivalent to what they would have received if the parent had died intestate (without a will). This is to ensure that children are not accidentally disinherited. However, if the will indicates that the omission was intentional, or if the parent made provisions for the child outside of the will, the pretermitted child may not have a claim to the estate. Additionally, if the parent leaves all their estate to the other parent of the omitted child, the pretermitted child statute does not apply. It's important to note that these protections do not apply to children who were intentionally omitted or to those who have received their inheritance through other means.